Stay High

Album: Moth Boys (2015)
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Songfacts®:

  • Singer Fred Macpherson said this song is about "keeping yourself distracted while everything around you goes to s--t."

    He added: "When all that's left of your relationship are dates booked on Groupon and your sense of adventure's dictated by the offers on lastminute.com, it's hard not to want to dislodge yourself from reality permanently."
  • The video was recorded during Spector's 100 Club and Lexington shows in London in March and April 2015.

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